Nepal holidays + Photography | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/nepal+artanddesign/photography
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On Everest: meet the people scaling the world's highest peakhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/aug/06/everest-meet-people-scaling-worlds-highest-peak
<p>It’s been called ‘high altitude roulette’, and claimed 19 lives in a 2015 earthquake. So why do it? Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer find out</p><p>There are still only two lists compiled by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/everest">Everest</a> obsessives: the list of those who reach the top, and the list of those who die. In recent years, the second of these has got longer. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/apr/22/nepal-everest-talks-sherpa-strike-avalanche">Sixteen sherpas were killed in a Khumbu icefall avalanche in 2014</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/25/deadly-everest-avalanche-triggered-by-nepal-earthquake">Nineteen climbers from many nationalities died</a> in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/apr/28/nepal-earthquake-death-toll-climbs-past-4000-with-many-more-missing-rolling-report">Nepal’s “megaquake” last year</a>, as blocks of ice the size of shopping malls were shaken from the sides of nearby peaks.</p><p>My name is on the first list. Twenty years ago, in the fabled (and fatal) season of 1996, <a href="http://www.everest1953.co.uk/matt-dickinson">I summited Everest from the northern side</a>. It felt pretty wild to be up there. On our summit day, there was not a single footprint to be seen on the final ridge. As I reached for the summit pole, decked with fluttering Buddhist prayer flags, the tears were freezing solid on my cheeks. I became the fifth Briton to climb Everest from this side, the same route which killed mountain pioneers <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/30/everest-diaries-edward-norton-george-mallory-andrew-irvine">George Mallory and Andrew Irvine in 1924</a>.</p><p>After the largest death tolls there are a record number of climbers. The more Everest takes lives, the more people come</p><p>Wealthy people can get angry when they don’t get what they think they’ve paid for, or if nature shows she can't be tamed</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/aug/06/everest-meet-people-scaling-worlds-highest-peak">Continue reading...</a>Adventure travelNepal holidaysMount EverestWorld newsMountaineeringMount Everest holidaysEnvironmentMountainsTravelPhotographyArt and designSat, 06 Aug 2016 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/aug/06/everest-meet-people-scaling-worlds-highest-peakPhotograph: Mathias Braschler & Monika FischerPhotograph: Mathias Braschler & Monika FischerMatt Dickinson2016-08-06T07:00:00ZElephant football, Nepal - picture of the dayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2012/dec/28/elephant-festival-nepal
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. Eight elephants and mahouts play an exhibition football match on the final day of the 9th International Elephant festival in Chitwan. Earlier events included an elephant race and a beauty contest. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2012/dec/28/elephant-festival-nepal">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCultureNepalNepal holidaysTravelFootballSportEnvironmentFri, 28 Dec 2012 12:27:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2012/dec/28/elephant-festival-nepalKarin Andreasson2012-12-28T12:27:06ZKathmandu, Nepal - picture of the dayhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2012/nov/26/photography-nepal
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. A beautiful image of everyday life in Kathmandu, built around rich colours and suspended motion <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2012/nov/26/photography-nepal">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCultureNepal holidaysTravelMon, 26 Nov 2012 15:57:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2012/nov/26/photography-nepalKarin Andreasson, Jo Blason2012-11-26T15:57:00Z